New Franklin man pleads guilty to trying to rob locked bank
A New Franklin man pleaded guilty to a bank robbery Thursday in federal court.
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Sedalia man charged with five felonies in Randolph County after allegedly pulling gun on 2 people
HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was charged with five felonies on Saturday after he was accused of pulling a gun on someone at a residence and taking a minivan. Marquette Smith, 32, was charged on Saturday in Randolph County with first-degree attempted assault, first-degree burglary, second-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree
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Former Fayette bank employee pleads guilty to stealing $2.4 million from customers
A Higbee woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to stealin from Exchange Bank of Missouri customers in Fayette during a 15-year scheme, a press release from the Department of Justice.
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Property seizure lawsuit on hold pending criminal investigation of Howard County bank embezzlement
A lawsuit to seize Howard County property allegedly gotten through illegal means is on hold while a criminal investigation plays out, according to court records.
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Hundreds still without power in Mid-Missouri after storms Tuesday morning
More than 4,000 customers are without power Tuesday morning in Chariton, Howard and Randolph Counties after storms rolled through.
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Storms knock out power to thousands in Mid-Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of people were without power on Tuesday in Mid-Missouri as storms entered the area. There were 432 Boone Electric Cooperative customers without power on 26 reported outages at the outages’ peak, according to Boone Electric’s outage map. A majority of the outages appeared to be near the Midway area. The number
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Highway 5 has most deaths per year on Missouri roads, officials say numbers could be misleading for road’s overall safety
BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Data from the National Traffic Highway Administration Shows that Highway 5 has seen the most deaths in the state during the past five years. The highway saw an average of 11 traffic-related deaths per year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System data from 2018-22. On Tuesday,
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Five injured in Howard County crash
HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people were injured – four seriously – in a Tuesday crash in Howard County on Highway 5, south of County Road 345, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says a 2014 Chevrolet Captiva – driven by Heaven-Lee Hundley, 19, of Fayette – was heading southbound
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Locals celebrate Cooper/Howard port project
The Port of Howard/Cooper County held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning to mark the completion of transformative infrastructure project.
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Superintendents ask Parson to veto bill that would allow charter schools in Boone County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Superintendents from Boone County schools and neighboring districts signed a letter on Friday that asks Gov. Mike Parson to veto a bill that would allow charter schools to operate in Boone County. SB727 passed the Missouri House last month. The bill mentions that school districts in Boone County would be added to the
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Four people hurt in Howard County two-vehicle crash; one driver arrested for DWI
Four people were hurt in a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon in Howard County less than two miles North of New Franklin.
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More than 800 power outages reported in Benton County now resolved
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of electricity customers in Benton County were without power on Tuesday afternoon. Storms had rolled through Mid-Missouri earlier in the day and much of Mid-Missouri is in a tornado watch that is set to expire around 8 p.m. There were 835 electric customers without power in Benton County at its peak,
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Woman seriously injured in Howard County crash Monday night
HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A single-vehicle crash in Howard County late Monday night sent a Fayette woman to the hospital. According to the online crash report, Amanda Weis, 41, was driving east in a 2012 Toyota Highlander on 880 County Road 404 around 11:32 p.m. when the SUV went off the left side of the
Continue Reading New Franklin couple accused of attempted bank robbery, illegal gun possession
A federal grand jury has indicted a New Franklin couple for a September attempted bank robbery and illegally owning guns.
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Fayette police investigate bogus threat against schools
Fayette police investigated a report of a threat against the local public school district and determined the threat was not legitimate, the district said Thursday.
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Meeting notes show inconsistencies from Fayette Police Department on evidence disposal policy
FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) A sunshine request made by ABC 17 News details inconsistencies in prior claims made by the Fayette Police Department. Dec. 26 meeting notes from the city’s Board of Alderman meeting describes Alderwoman Bekki Galloway questioning the city’s Police Chief David Ford about the department’s previous policy for disposing of evidence. The document
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No update into personnel issues within Fayette Police Department; MSHP has not received request from city
FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Fayette has not given an update into the personnel issues within its police department, over a month after police evidence was found in a dumpster at a local grocery store. In December, the city’s Police Chief David Ford announced in a press release that the city had revised its
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Boil order issued for Howard County
HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Howard County Public Water Supply District has issued a boil water after the Howard County Regional Water Commission detected a leak in the area. According to Nichole Wilmsmeyer with the County, the boil order began on Friday and will run until further notice. Howard County Residents Affected include: All CPWSD #1
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Moberly man charged with killing man in drunken Howard County crash
Prosecutors have charged a man accused of driving drunk last week in a Howard County crash that killed a St. Louis man.
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Fayette Police Department revises disposal rules after evidence found in trash bin
The Fayette Police Department said Thursday that it is revising its evidence disposal procedures after residents raised concerns about finding evidence in a trash bin.
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